Impact Award - Newborn Brain Society
Forecasted
Newborn Brain Society’s Impact Award supports clinicians and researchers in low- and middle-income countries pursuing research and implementation projects to improve community-level newborn brain care.
Funder: Newborn Brain Society
Due Dates (Anticipated): August 2027 (Letter of Intent) | October 2027 (Full application)
Funding Amounts: $10,000 per award; no indirect costs allowed
Summary: Supports clinicians and researchers in low- and middle-income countries pursuing projects with community- or population-level impact on newborn brain health and neurodevelopment.
Key Information: Applicants must be NBS members and early- to mid-career clinicians or researchers based in eligible low- or middle-income economies.
Description
Launched in 2026, the Newborn Brain Society’s Impact Award supports clinically oriented, research, and implementation projects that can improve brain care for newborns and children at a community or population level. Administered through the Society’s Quality Improvement and Research Committee, it focuses on clinicians and researchers in low-income, lower-middle-income, and upper-middle-income economies working in newborn brain health and neurodevelopment.
Supported work can include animal research, clinical research, and quality improvement. Projects must be hypothesis-driven, but need not represent an innovation. Funding can support a new project or completion of an ongoing project. Work within a larger study is eligible when it addresses the applicant’s own substudy or research question, rather than solely completing a mentor’s project.
